rua

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) street; road (paved path)
2. (feminine) streets (urban areas outside buildings)

Intj

out! (strong, impolite demand for someone to leave)

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of ruar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of ruar:

Hyphenated as

ru‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁu.ɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”). Cognate with Galician rúa. Doublet of ruga.

Sentences

Você passou por mim na rua quase todo dia .

You passed me on the street almost every day.

Um grupo de crianças está do lado de fora em uma rua .

A group of children is outside on a street.

Uma rua cheia de lojas .

A street full of shops.

Uma criança pequena de camisa vermelha fica no meio da rua .

A small child in a red shirt stands in the middle of the street.

Músicos de rua tentando ganhar algum dinheiro .

Street musicians trying to make some money.

Os meninos estão jogando futebol na rua do bairro .

The boys are playing soccer on the neighborhood street.

Dois indivíduos estão correndo por uma rua em algum tipo de competição de corrida .

Two individuals are running down a street in some kind of racing competition.

Um jovem empresário andando na rua , enquanto um pássaro preto voa na frente dele .

A young businessman walks down the street, while a black bird flies in front of him.